Heading out to the movies, staying in for a night of video games, or visiting an amusement park -- these enjoyable ways to spend time with your family could also put you on the trail of some worthwhile investment opportunities. Every year, Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars on entertainment, and rapid growth internationally means the recreation industry has never been bigger. In fact, analyst
PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that annual global spending on entertainment will reach $2 trillion in 2016. With numbers like these, there's no denying fun is big business. People are always looking for ways to enjoy time with their families, and the companies providing those opportunities could prove quite rewarding to investors over the long haul. Disney (NYSE:DIS), Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) should be on your radar if you're looking for dividend-paying companies that deliver fun for the family.